A Pill to Keep the Grey Away

Because not everyone can pull off grey hair like Helen Mirren... Photo: Getty Images

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L'Oreal claimed today that it's developing a pill that will prevent that telltale sign of aging—coarse white hairs.

Imagine all the time, money, and fumes you could avoid. Sounds so easy, doesn't it? Well...not quite. First off, you'd have to take the medicine once a day for the rest of your life. Secondly, it's a preventative pill, so if you already have gray hairs, you're out of luck. But if you think that maybe you will eventually-one-day-possibly have them, then it can work.

One doctor likened it to men who take Propecia to prevent baldness. Either way, the pill, and the "undisclosed fruit extract" that makes it work won't be ready until 2015. So here's to not going gray by then! (If you already haven't, that is.)